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Destroy Boys- Aftershock Festival, Discovery Park, Sacramento 10/7/21 4k UHD Live

After listening to the audio from my camera and comparing it to the DPA mics, I decided that this will be the last one that I will post without a DPA synch. In fact, I will repost this set with the better audio next week.
So on Thursday at work, I double-checked the app to see what time I needed to get there for Death Angel and lo and behold, Destroy Boys were added as a last-second replacement for some metal band I didn’t care about. I left early and got there close to their set time- it takes a while to drive to sleep train arena, park and shuttle over to Discovery Park. After getting the audio setup all plugged in, I heard them start.
Man, I was shocked at the band’s growth. The last show that I had seen of theirs was 4 and a half years ago at the Blue Lamp. So much more stage presence and confidence, it was so cool. This was the most fun set of the weekend for me. I smiled the entire time.
One other thing- the auto setting was overexposing badly, so I flipped it over to manual about 3 minutes into the set. It gets better is what I am trying to say.

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Panasonic Lumix ZS70 camera with internal mic

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Death Angel- Aftershock Fest, Discovery Park, Sacramento Ca. 10/7/21 Complete with DPA Audio Live

PSA: The Misfits aftershock video has been posted over at http://www.sacramentomusicarchive.com! Hop over there to check it out and sign up for notifications there if you want to catch other cool stuff like that. There is also a facebook group if that’s how you prefer to be notified.

After the Destroy Boys set, I had to hustle over to the Coors Light stage for Death Angel. I knew that the stage was in this little bottom part of the festival grounds, but I had no idea that it was about a 10 minute walk. I made that walk 6 times on Thursday, and the set schedule is so tight that you can’t watch the end of a set at one stage and make it to the start of the set at the other. I missed the start of this set, and only filmed 1 complete set out of the 5 that day.
Also, even though I was very appreciative of this extra fest day with bands I really wanted to see, it was obvious that the Coors Light stage was not meant to be used after dark. The lighting was terrible and my camera couldn’t handle it- it was a focus nightmare the entire time. Sorry in advance. Coors light stage was just like the beer- weak and sh*tty. This was the only one that turned out decent because the sun hadn’t set yet.

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Video equipment used: Panasonic Lumix ZS70
Audio equipment used: Sony PCM-A10 and DPA 4061 mics with chuck audio preamp.
EQ in sony soundforge 10
Synch in pluraleyes 4

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Destroy Boys- Aftershock Fest, Discovery Park, Sacramento 10/7/21 with Improved DPA Audio 4k Live

I know I just posted the raw (camera audio) version of this 5 days ago, but this sounds way better in my opinion. Those DPA mics worked great on this stage and the coors light stage. The sound from the VIP section at the main stage was sketchy.
Here’s what I wrote last week about the show:
So on Thursday at work, I double-checked the app to see what time I needed to get there for Death Angel and lo and behold, Destroy Boys were added as a last-second replacement for some metal band I didn’t care about. I left early and got there close to their set time- it takes a while to drive to sleep train arena, park and shuttle over to Discovery Park. After getting the audio setup all plugged in, I heard them start.
Man, I was shocked at the band’s growth. The last show that I had seen of theirs was 4 and a half years ago at the Blue Lamp. So much more stage presence and confidence, it was so cool. This was the most fun set of the weekend for me. I smiled the entire time.
One other thing- the auto setting was overexposing badly, so I flipped it over to manual about 3 minutes into the set. It gets better is what I am trying to say.

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Panasonic Lumix ZS70 camera (video), DPA 4061 mics, Church Audio Preamp, Sony PCM-A10 digital recorder

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Anthrax- Aftershock Festival, Discovery Park, Sacramento 10/7/21 4k LIve Enhanced with DPA Audio

Here’s the only full set I was able to capture on Thursday- they really pack those sets in. After my battery conked at Exodus on the dreaded coors light stage, I decided to leave a few minutes early so I could get to the Kolas stage on time. I underestimated that walk again and had to scramble to get there right when they started.
Joey takes a fall at about the 16:50 mark of the video (during Madhouse) but doesn’t miss a bit of the song. The video thumbnail shows him pointing out the offending part of the stage to stagehands.
Sounds really good- the DPAs sound way better here than at the show at Ace of Spades a few years back. I think that Kolas stage was my favorite one.
Joey is a little pitchy. The pandemic layoff was not good for vocalists, for sure.

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Panasonic Lumix ZS70 (video); Sony PCM-A10, DPA 4061 mics, Church Audio preamp.
Enhanced (brightness, denoise) in Adobe Premiere Elements and Neat Video
Audio/Video synch via Plural Eyes 4

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Testament- Aftershock Festival, Discovery Park, Sacramento Ca. 10/7/21 Thrash Live 4k UHD Enhanced

The last set that I caught on night 1 was the last 35 min of Testament’s set at the “coors no light” stage. I put this one into Adobe Premiere and cranked the brightness and it is STILL dark. Ugh. The mix coming out of the PA was odd as well- each guitar was in one side of the line array. I didn’t know this and as a result, you can’t hear Alex at all in the mix. Oh well. I did my best.
Another thing- I admit that I have not been super close to the thrash metal scene for a while now– but when did Testament get so much bigger than bands like Exodus? I thought it was some kind of scheduling mixup, but no, they appear to have a lot more fans.

Recorded by: Shayne Stacy
Equipment used: Panasonic Lumix ZS70 (video); Sony PCM-A10, DPA 4061 mics, Church Audio preamp.
Enhanced (brightness, denoise) in Adobe Premiere Elements and Neat Video
Audio/Video synch via Plural Eyes 4

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